Hand-stamp.



H. S. FOLGER.

HAND STAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1a, 1913.

1 ,1 17,364, Patented Nov. 17, 1914 THE NORRIS PEVERS CO PHOTO LIYHO WASHINb I'UN, D c

HARRY S. FOLGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAND-STAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 18, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY S. FOLGER, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hand stamps and has for its object improvements in devices for retaining the stamp on a holder and for indicating the character of the wording carried by the type face.

In the accompanying drawings :-F1gure 1 is a front elevation; and Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the method of placing the stamp on the rack-bar.

In the said drawings 10 is the body part of anordinary hand stamp having a handle 11 secured thereto in the usual manner. Type 12 is secured to the lower face of the body part 10.

Secured to the top of the body part 10 by means of the handle 11 is a piece of metal 13. This metal plate is folded and has a double thickness on the top of the body part 10. The lower one of these two folds of this metal plate has its front edge bent downward over the front face of the body part 10, and is held close to such face by the handle passing through a hole 14 in the plate 13. The free end 15 of the lower plate 13 is then bent back upon itself so as to form a packet or groove. lVhen the outer end of the lower plate 13 is thus bent it makes a rounded corner that will not catch upon anything nor by its close proximity to the body part 10, scratch the polished surface of the stamp. The upper layer of the plate 13 has its forward edge bent in the opposite direction from that of the forward edge of the lower plate. Besides being bent upward it is also given a backward tilt or inclination as shown in Fig. 2. The extreme end 16 of this plate is bent like the end 15 of the lower plate and also forms a pocket or groove. The two pockets thus formed constitute a guiding channel in which a card may be placed and held. carry an impression of the characters of the type face 12. The purpose of giving the outer end of the upper plate 13 a backward tilt or inclination is that when a card 17 is placed in the guiding channel it can be read easily whether the stamp is on an ordinary rack or when set on a table or in a drawer.

This card is intended to Patented Nov. 17, 1914. Serial No. 779,659.

The folded edge 18 ofthis metal plate 13 which extends to the rear of the stamp has its end bent downward in the same manner that the lower forward edge is bent with the exception that it is not so bent that its inner face touches the body part but is purposely bent so as to leave a space 19 between the plate 13 and the body part 10. The fact that the plate 13 is held in place by the handie 11 furnishes a pivot on which the plate 13 might turn. But the lower forward end of the plate 13 is bent so that its inner face is close to the body part 10 and consequently prevents any turning and resultant closing of the space 19. The lip 18 being composed of a plate bent upon itself 20 like that of the other edges 15 and 16.

It will be observed that the card holding channel and the stamp supporting hook 18 i are formed by upon itself and and by contact body.

Supported upon suitable posts 21 is a barrack 22 which has its lower edge bent to form a U shaped hook 523. This U shaped piece furnishes a channel 24 in which the part 18 is placed. The width of this channel 24 is substantially the same as that of the supporting hook 18 so that when placed therein it is firmly but removably held.

The bar-rack when placed on the posts as shown in Fig. 1 leaves its upper edge 25, between such posts, free from contact with the material to which the posts may be fastened and consequently the stamp may be so placed that the upper edge 25 is inserted into the space 19 and provides another method of placing the stamp on the rack.

The bar-rack may be located at any convenient place on a desk or it may be placed in a drawer. WV hen placed in a drawer the indicating card 17 is readable from almost any position above because of its backward tilt or inclination.

The advantage of a stamp holding means of this kind is that the rack occupies a much smaller space than has heretofore been pos sible, that the indicating card always has its face toward the user and that the stamp can always be kept clean by putting it in a drawer and out of the way.

What I claim is 1. The combination with the handle and body portion of a stamp, of a metal plate a single sheet of metal bent held in place by the handle with the edge of the stamp secured to the body by the handle, one portion of said plate forming a hook by which the stamp may be supported at its side and another portion of said plate being bent to form a card holding channel adjacent to the handle.

2. The combination with the handle and body portion of a stamp, of a card holder secured to the stamp by the handle, said card holder being inclined and located at the side and above the stamp body and adjacent to the handle.

3. The combination with the body portion of a stamp, and a metal plate having one edge terminating in a card holder and the other edge terminating in a lip by which the stamp is supported, of a stamp handle securing the plate to the body.

4. The combination with the body portion of a stamp; a handle; and a metal plate secured to the body portion by the handle, said metal plate being composed of two layers which are separated at one edge to form a card holder and which are bent together at their other edge to form a lip; de-

signed to engage a rack bar for the support of the stamp.

5. The combination with the body portion of a stamp; a handle; a card holder; and a stamp supporting means designed to engage a rack so as to support the stamp, said card holder and stamp supporter being composed of a metal plate firmly held in position on the body portion by the handle.

6. The combination with the body portion of a stamp, and a handle, of a metal plate composed of two layers of metal and located between the body and the handle and having the forward edge of the lower layer bent donward and in contact with the body portion and its rear edge bent to form, a lip for engaging a rack for the support of the stamp. y

Signed at Chicagoflllinois, this lath day of July, 1913.

HARRY S. FOLGER.

Witnesses WALTER H. REDFI'ELD, G. L. REDFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

